Improvement in cartridge-cases



O. t/zez e/ze. Califa ya zar l O 2 O 5 1 PATENTED APE 191870 To all whom iz muy' conccrn llhtitml t t OSWALD SCIIEVENELL' OF MARIO, -ALABAMA Letters Pmfent No. 102,051, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-CASE S.

The Schedule refene to these Letters Patent and making the name.

Be it known that I, OSWALD SUHEVENELL, of Marian, in the count-y oi' Perry and State of'Alahama, have inventd-n. new and-nset'nl Improvement in Cartridge-Cases; and I do herehy declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description thercof, which will enable u'theis skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hall to the accompanying dmwings fol-ming pnrt of this speciticution.

This invention relates to a. new and nsefnl improvenicnt in Cartridges for shot-gnns more especiully, hnt. which mny be used in rities 1nd guns ol' larger culbex; and

'lb consists in making the cartridge-case ol' smrcs of wood or other snitzlhle material, with common gunwads :lt the cnlls of the stzu'es, the whole being cemented or stuck together, so thnl; t-he shot will he ret-ained therein, und kepl: in place' while the case or joints of the case will he hroken in rnmming.

In the accompanying Ilmwing Fignre 1 is a cross section of the cartridge through the line :r 9:.

Figure 2 is a lon'gitndinn-l view.

similar letters of reference indicute corre parts.

A reprcsents the shot-czu'tridge case,mzu1e of stuvcs, m'ore or less in number, with recesses between the joints of the staves, or un the outsde of all or a portion of them, as seen in the cross section.

A' represents the staves.

B represents the sho O O are wads cut to fil: the hore of the gun, and filstened to the ends of the stares by any su'itable c'ement.

The design is to have the joints of the cartridgecase, thus formed, break in mmming, but still have the parts retain their placas :ind hold the Shot, 'so that they do not clog or come in contact with the snrface of the bore, and therehy fonl the bore with lead.

Those cartridges may be used in rifles without; inj ury to tho grooves thereof, and'cartridge-cnses mznle in this manner may be used in cannon (ether rifled or nol) ljor discharging grnpe or shot.

l'his case is designed to only h'old the shot which, hy this zn-rangement, :fire not jammed, und cannot; be clogged in the gun. 5

Having thus describjed my invention; y

I claimns new :mil desire to secule by Letters Patentl The case A, foi-med of stzwes A', recessed at the sponding bore, ullconstrncted as and for the purpose specified.

0. SOHEVENELL.

Witnc'sses:

W. J. MITCHELL, H. H. HURT. 

